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...their new mortgage. "I make people happy all day with foreclosures. Now I want to be happy too," she says. The new house, like so many she deals with, was trashed by the previous owners, who were angry at being foreclosed on. The doorknobs, hinges and copper wiring were stolen, as were the appliances and carpet. The owners even left their dogs behind. (Abandoned pets have become a huge problem for local shelters.) "You couldn't walk into that house without holding your nose to keep you from vomiting," Boemio says. She and her husband had to spend...
...seven. Dixon had invited him in for a cold glass of water after Richard had knocked on her front door and asked if her van was for sale. Two of her children found her. She had been sexually assaulted before being killed, and her van and television were stolen. A year later, Richard was on death row. After confessing, Richard claimed he was innocent, but his appeal centered on a history of alleged family abuse and his supposed IQ of 64. He told reporters that he had learned to read and write on death...
...Kibaki insisted during his announcement Monday that the decree does not mean courts will stop issuing death sentences. Indeed, judges will still be obligated to do so even for seemingly minor offenses, including cases of armed robbery where thieves have stolen chickens while wielding nothing more than wooden clubs. Still, the move allows Kibaki to sidestep a thorny political issue: While the death penalty remains popular among Kenyans, he has been loathe to incur criticism from human rights groups by signing execution orders...
...That was why hordes of people were coming to these solar observation parties, to get a quick look through a telescope or pick up some free eclipse shades and gaze at the sun, rather than being limited to stolen glances. Squinting and looking down, I probably didn’t make a very compelling image of the proverbial intrepid reporter. I saw the line winding around the space museum—the line I was supposed to be on an hour ago—and groaned...
...defining theme was their wish to unyoke the regime's long reach into their private lives. They want change in the form of social freedom rather than political freedom; many have become so disillusioned by what they see as a stolen election that they refuse to participate within the current political system...